National Republican., 1887-01-08
n HIDEOuS CRIME.
James Il. Nowiin Confesses That He
Murdered George a. Goldman, IA Pros
porous Milkman of Lexington, Mass

James Il. Nowlin Confesses That He
Murdered George A. Goldman, IA Pros
porous Miikman of Lexington, Mass.
Nowlin told several contradictory stories
at first, saying he was but spectator, and
duplicating two other men In the crime.
These men have since been discharged.
lie says now that he was entirely alone and
did tue deed unaiaed. He had been think
lug of it for some days, melted thereto by
Codman's boastful way Of showing money,
and expected to secure about 5000, with
which he intended to leave this part of the
country. He killed Goldman In the
stable at about . o'clock in the morn
ing by coming behind him aud stab
bing him in the side of the neck with
u butcher knife. He severed AN artery
and Goldman fell to the floor, and died
almost instantly. He then put the body
under pung, covered It up, aud went on
his milk route, taking h!s brother with him.
He returned about II O'Clock, put up his
team, aud went to dinner. After dinner
he went TO the stable, cleaned up the traces
Of the crime as well as he could, and then
deliberated as TO the disposition of the
body. He finallv decided 10 take It away
tn the pung'and secrete it somewhere until
he could safely get rid of Il. He con-
sidered the weight of the body, and to
make 1t easier 10 handle and to hide the
traces OF his ghastly load he concluded to
dismember II, Then he took AN axe aud
first chopped off the left leg close TO the
body, and then the right arm. Thinking
That with these members gone he could
easily handle what what was left he
placed the body aud the several members in
the back pa't Of bis puDg, aud covered them
win the rubber horse blanket, which was
subsequently found near the body, aud also
put the AK into the sleigh. Before starting
ne tidted things up In the stable, destroying
what he could Of the marks after his rough
mode of dissection. He concluded theE to
secure the money for which he had com.
mitteu the horrible crime aud started of
with the turn out aud the body for Cod.
mans boarding house. He left the team
standing few doors from the house and
went in, telling the landlord that Goldman
was going away for an indefinite time with
a man, and had sent him for his money aud
other things. lie was allowed TO 20 up 10
Codman's room to get articles OF apparel,
and from there he carried of the desk con.
tanning about $40 In money and other ar
ticles OF value. He returned 10 the
team and drove OFT toward Lex.
ington. After driving awhile he
began to realize the enormity Of
his crime, and became more and more
that all who saw him knew Of the dreadful
burden he was carrying. His fears worked
so much upon him that when he came To
lonely part Of the road, and was free from
observation, he took the body out Of the
pung aud, half frcn2iGd by his fear Of de-
lection, seized the AK and chopped thehcad
of aud smashed the face until he thought
II would be uHrecognizable. He then threw
the head aud AN arm over a wall, returned
TO the road, lifted the body into the pung
and started of again. After driving about
a mile aud n half he again alighted, and
threw the body into some ehTubbery. where
IL was atterward found. The left leg he
seereted In some bushes near by. II has
not yet been found, but the murderer has
described It's place OF couceaimeut, aud It
win be secured by officers. After deposit
ing the body he took the rubber blanket
which had hidden the remains In the pung
aud threw IL, as he thought, over the dis
membered body, jumped into the pung aud
drove or. The blanket, however, fell short
OF the mark aud left the body eXposld
His hid, Gus admission occupied about four
hours In lis contamination,
After Nowlln had killed Goldman in the
stable he stripped the body Of It's clothing,
bundled IL up and put II IN the sleigh. lie
threw this oil without stopping some time
before he chopped bis victims head of.
Ample evidence Of the crime was found
when the police searched the stable, Now
lln's attempts 10 wash away the stains nay
ing been Intellectual, In the middle Of the
floor was a large space which had been re-
Gently washed In another place an axe,
smeared with blood, was found. When
the police confronted Nowin with some Of
the evidence they had discovered, the boy
began to weaken and changed his tactics.
james Edward Nowlin is a handsome
young fellow, little over II years old, and